The application server can be initiated by any one of the following two methods:
Method 1:
Execute the startup.bat file from the path <Tomcat-Installed-Folder>\bin\startup.bat Method 2:
The second method involves configuring Eclipse to initiate the Tomcat 8 app server before deployment.
Do the steps that follow to initiate the Tomcat 8 app server from Eclipse:
- Open Eclipse.
- Select any Workspace to enter into Eclipse.
- Click OK.
- In the bottom pane, select Servers.
5. Right click on Servers list space, select New > Server.
- In the New Server window, select Apache > Tomcat v8.0 Server.
Note: Once Tomcat v8.0 Server is selected the values in the 'Server's host name', 'Server name' and 'Server runtime environment' will change automatically and do not require any amendments.
- Click Finish.
- Double click Tomcat v8.0 Server at localhost from the servers tab.
- In the following screen, change the tabulated values:
Tab | Option | Value | |||||||
Use Tomcat installation (takes | Selected | ||||||||
control of Tomcat installation) | |||||||||
Server Locations | |||||||||
Deploy path | Webapps | ||||||||
Server Options | Publish module contexts to | Selected | |||||||
separate XML files | |||||||||
Timeouts | Start (in seconds) | 2000 | |||||||
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Note: If necessary, the port number can be changed for HTTP/1.1 under the Ports tab and the same port number can be used while accessing the application through the browser.
- Click Save.
- Select Tomcat v8.0 Server at localhost from the servers tab.
- Click Start the server button to initiate the Tomcat 8 app server.